According to the UN, Africa’s growth has consistently outperformed the global growth rate for the past seven years. In just eight years’ time, it is projected that the continent will boast eight of the fastest growing economies in the world.

In order to sustain this aggressive trajectory, and close the gap with the rest of the world, the World Bank estimates that the continent will require $93 billion of commercial and social infrastructural development. In the past, natural resources projects…